Muwatta
Malik

موطأ مالك

29

Divorce

كتاب الطلاق

 

Chapter 28: General Section on Divorce

Muwatta Malik 1294

Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said, "I have heard that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a man from Thaqif who had ten wives when he became muslim, 'Take four and separate from the rest.' "
وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ أَسْلَمَ وَعِنْدَهُ عَشْرُ نِسْوَةٍ حِينَ أَسْلَمَ الثَّقَفِيُّ ‏ "‏ أَمْسِكْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا وَفَارِقْ سَائِرَهُنَّ ‏"‏ ‏.‏